Boy, 10, kept his unconscious father alive for days after he slipped and hit his head in fatal fall - because the child didn't know how to call 911

A ten-year-old boy cared for his father alone for days after the man slipped and hit his head in their home - but it wasn't until the child's school called authorities that the 45-year-old was taken to hospital where he later died, authorities said on Monday.

Peter Asumani told a police investigator he couldn't communicate with his father but that he fed and gave him liquids.

The investigator went to the family's Nebraska home on Friday after the boy's principal called police to report he hadn't been in school for four days, Lincoln police spokeswoman Katie Flood said.

Too late: Bienvenu Asumani, 45, was taken to Bryan Medical Center West in Lincoln, Nebraska but later died after he had fallen at home

Flood said it wasn't clear if the boy knew about 911 or whether he tried to contact a neighbor or anyone else for help. Only the boy and his father lived in the Lincoln home, according to court documents.

The boy's father, 45-year-old Bienvenu Asumani, died Sunday, according to a petition filed on Monday in juvenile court by Deputy Lancaster County Attorney Dan Zieg.